Hexbear2

Yes. Joe took out himself and whoever replaces him, and possibly the Democratic party itself. NO WAY Trump can lose now, and if they put up Kopmala it will be an epic sweep. I will eat these words with a mustard sandwich if somehow the Dems win, but I'm feeling pretty safe, tbh.

I always fly with protection, you just don't know where that plane has been. Might even be a 737, yeck.

I've had the last 5 accounts I've made shadowbanned.

PS5/Xbox is going through the worst generation of console gaming since NES came out. Box office is in a similar slump. Mostly garbage gameplay that isn't fun, and remakes. Still feels like the PS5 generation hasn't even kicked off.

I have been seriously thinking about going back to just playing Super Nintendo, now that was a good time, don't think there's been any system that brought me as much entertainment since SNES. I should check out ROMhacks and homebrews.

I would suggest feeding wet food exclusively if you can. One of the biggest issue with cats are kidney problems from eating dry foods, especially as the cat ages. Fancy feast original pate are somewhat affordable and decently nutritious, but if you can't afford that, even canned friskies is good, try to stick to original pates, they have less fillers.

One of my cats refuses to eat wet food, so I feed her Wysong Epigen 90 dog/cat food. It's a very good food, and not horribly expensive.

Might be able to use worldcat open access as a tool as well.

https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=insects&openAccess=true

Most colleges have a worldcat portal that provides access to hundreds of publications, it's probably what I'd start with if you have access, some public libraries might have access too? I agree, general internet search isn't good anymore. Also, probably not good anymore, but worth a shot: scholar.google.com

I play multiple woodwinds, including recorder. Kids aren't taught how to play it right and the recorders they give the kids are kinda junky so they sound bad. The recorder is a quiet instrument, one doesn't "blow" through it, they touch it to their lips and exhale, least amount of air to sound the note is always the right way to play it, it fell out of favor because it's dynamic range is so limited.

This one is one of the best, and I've tried nearly all of them since they are so cheap:

https://earlymusicshop.com/products/mollenhauer-prima-soprano-recorder-in-blue-plastic-and-pearwood

Recorder is a gateway to other woodwinds, flute, saxophone, and clarinet, in particular.

When I was young, boxelder bugs used to come stick to the houses in the fall seeking a warm spot--hundreds of them. Haven't seen them in over 20 years. Also, used to have tons of milkweed, grasshoppers of all species, crickets and other insects all night long, and butterflies and bees galore.

Now it seems, all we have is mosquitos and flies.

When I retire, I'm moving North so I can try to live in a similar climate as my youth, maybe eastern Montana or western North Dakota.

She's an NP, get a physician to diagnose you. Insist upon it. Board certified psychologist, with an M.D. (not a D.O.), graduated from an american school, and find out where they went to Residency and ask them how much time they've spent in the inpatient psych. NPs probably never had to spend time with inpatient psych. Trust me on this, it makes all the difference on being assured your diagnoses is accurate.

Nah, no splurges, just dried beans and rice from the bulk bins. Sometimes you gotta pick up small stones, but that's the cost of freedumb. Oh yeah, canned corn was 3 for a dollar with a coupon, so I got some of that the other day, makes a decent addition to my rice and bean soup.